adam wrote:
] ] Decades ago, it was physicist Enrico Fermi who pondered
] ] the issue of extraterrestrial civilizations with fellow
] ] theorists over lunch, generating the famous quip: "Where
] ] are they?" That question later became central to debates
] ] about the cosmological census count of other star folk
] ] and possible extraterrestrial (ET) visitors from afar.
] ]
] ]
] ] Fermi%u2019s brooding on the topic was later labeled
] ] "Fermi%u2019s paradox". It is a well-traveled tale from
] ] the 1950%u2019s when the scientist broached the subject
] ] in discussions with colleagues in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
] ] Thoughts regarding the probability of earthlike planets,
] ] the rise of highly advanced civilizations "out there",
] ] and interstellar travel -- these remain fodder for trying
] ] to respond to Fermi%u2019s paradox even today.
] ]
] ]
] ] Now a team of American scientists note that recent
] ] astrophysical discoveries suggest that we should find
] ] ourselves in the midst of one or more extraterrestrial
] ] civilizations. Moreover, they argue it is a mistake to
] ] reject all UFO reports since some evidence for the
] ] theoretically-predicted extraterrestrial visitors might
] ] just be found there.
]
] wouldn't it be interesting but ... why would aliens be so coy

Dammit Jim, haven't you heard of the Prime Directive?

RE: ET Visitors: Scientists See High Likelihood